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Executives from Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. faced a tough audience in Congress Wednesday, as lawmakers questioned whether the proposed combination of the nation’s two largest cable companies would provide benefits to consumers. Read More »

The U.S. Justice Department’s top antitrust official will be recused from reviewing Comcast‘s $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable.

The Justice Department confirmed on Thursday that Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer won’t take part in reviewing the deal. Mr. Baer represented General Electric and NBCUniversal as a lawyer at Arnold & Porter LLP in 2011 when Comcast acquired a majority stake in NBCUniversal. Read More »

The government review of Comcast Corp.’s $45 billion deal for Time Warner Cable could be one of the biggest antitrust events of the Obama administration. But it’s not certain that the Justice Department’s top antitrust official will participate in the deliberations.

Before Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer took the helm of the department’s antitrust division a little more than a year ago, he was a top private-practice lawyer at Arnold & Porter LLP. During his tenure there, he represented General Electric Co. and NBC Universal during their earlier deal with Comcast. Read More »

In talking up the deal Thursday morning, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts immediately started outlining the case that he’ll bring before antitrust regulators for why his company’s buyout of Time Warner Cable isn’t anti-competitive.

“We wouldn’t be doing this if we didn’t think we could get it approved,” Mr.Roberts told CNBC Thursday morning. Read More »

Comcast Corp.’s $45 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable is sure to spark fierce debate on everything from cable prices to net neutrality in the coming months, and regulators’ ultimate view of the transition is difficult to predict.

The proposed alliance of the nation’s two biggest cable companies carries a plethora of unknowns into the regulatory debate, lending hope to both supporters and foes. Observers expect an all-out lobbying blitz both for and against the deal. Read More »

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